Luis Roberto Alves

Luis Roberto Alves ( * May 23, 1967 in Mexico City ) is a former Mexican football player at the position of the striker. Although he scorer in the Mexican Primera División was never, he has 209 hits in sixth place the top scorer in La Liga. Because there were no Mexicans three of the five higher-ranked goalscorers, he is also the third best Mexican striker Carlos Hermosillo behind with 294 hits and Jared Borgetti, which was 252 times successfully. He is also the top scorer in the history of Club América.

Luis Roberto Alves is the son of the also successful striker José Alves, who almost stood throughout the 1960s at Club América under contract and in the 1965/66 season won the top scorer of the Mexican League. In memory of his father, who was awarded the nickname Zague, also Luis Zague or Zaguinho was called.

  • 2.1 As a player

Life

Association

Although born in Mexico City while his father at Club América was under contract, he grew up in Brazil, the home of his father, in the this in the Mexican capital in 1969 returned to the end of his involvement with his family on. Like his father, who stood at the beginning of his professional career at SC Corinthians Paulista under contract, and Luis began his football career in the youth sections of Timão.

He received his first professional contract with Club América, for whom he played a total of twelve years; and thus four years longer than his father. Although Luis Alves was in the second half of his active career even when CF Atlante under contract and could end his athletic career at Necaxa, he celebrated all successes exclusively with American fashionistas with which he, among other things, three times each Mexican champion and CONCACAF Champions ' Cup The winner was.

National

His debut in the dress of the Mexican national team celebrated Alves on March 29, 1988, when El Salvador was downright outclassed 8-0 and the gifted striker scored twice.

Overall Alves graduated in the course of his more than 13 - year international career 84 missions for his home country, where he scored a total 30 goals. His most successful international match was the encounter with Martinique to the CONCACAF Gold Cup on July 11, 1993, when he succeeded in the 9-0 drubbing of Mexicans and seven hits in each half a hat-trick. His last international match was against Spain ( 0-1) on 14 November 2001.

Highlight of his international career was the participation in the Football World Cup 1994, where he played in all four games of the Mexicans in full length.

Achievements

As a player

  • Mexican masters: Prode 85, 1987/88, 1988/89
  • Campeón de Campeones: 1988, 1989
  • CONCACAF Champions ' Cup: 1987, 1990, 1992
  • Copa Interamericana: 1990
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